The 6 December episode featured a tram crash in ITV’s fictional Weatherfield. The event was followed up online at ITV.com in a week’s worth of ‘Tram Crash News Flash’ bulletins.

Coronation Street producer Stuart Blackburn, who produced Emmerdale’s live special to celebrate the drama’s 40th anniversary in 2012, will mastermind Coronation Street’s live episode while continuing to oversee the soap.

His production team will pre-record episodes across the summer of 2015 which will dovetail into the live episode in September.

He said: "It’s an honour to be at the helm as Coronation Street goes live once more. We’ve a reputation to uphold after the success of the tram crash and I’m going to enjoy working with the storyliners and writers as we plot stories for our live episode in 2015.

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